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  • Area: 369.2 km² (142.5 sq mi)
  • Calling Code: +1206
  • Currency: United States dollar ($)
  • Population (EST): 602,000
  • Official language: English
  • Time Zone: PST (UTC-8)

Seattle - Getting Around

Airport Transfers

Airport Transfers

Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, travelling by car, from the north on Interstate 5 take Exit 154 B and head west on State Route 518 to the Sea-Tac Airport Exit. From the south take Interstate 5 to Exit 154 and head west on State Route 518 to the Sea-Tac Airport Exit. From the east, take Interstate 405, which becomes State Route 518, head to the Sea-Tac Airport Exit. The parking garage at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is connected to the main terminal via skybridges on the 4th floor. Parking types and rates include daily, long-term, weekly Reduced Rate, hourly, valet, monthly/passport, premier Corporate, and special needs. The first three hours of daily or hourly parking cost the same anywhere in the parking garage. For both daily and hourly parking, pay on the 4th floor of the garage, just outside the skybridges, at any one of 29 black and yellow pay stations. Take a parking ticket as you enter the garage and keep it with you, when leaving the terminal, insert the ticket in one of the exit express pay stations located on the 4th floor of the garage, pay the parking fee using cash or a major credit card and the machine will validate your ticket. Insert the validated ticket in the machine at the exit gate as you leave the garage. The machine accepts U.S. currency: $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills, and the new $20 also Credit cards: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover Card and Diners Club. By Bus and Shuttle there are a number of shuttles and bus services available almost continuously. Information on all services is available from the Ground Transportation Information Booth located on the third floor of the Parking Garage. You can also dial 55 from any Traveler's Information Board at the base of the Baggage Claim escalators for ground transportation information. Public transit bus routes serve the Airport operating from stops outside Door 6 by Baggage Carousel 5, on the Baggage Claim (lower) level. Taxis are available on the third floor of the Parking Garage. You can arrange for a taxi using one of the curbside phones, Information Boards, or visit the Ground Transportation Center, located on the third floor of the Parking Garage.

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